CVE-2024-8420
DHVC Form <= 2.4.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Feb 28, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 4, 2024
Description
The DHVC Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.7. This is due to the plugin allowing a user to supply the 'role' field when registering. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator on sites.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
DHVC FormSiteSao |
|
References
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